Airs at 8 p.m. CT Saturdays on BBC America The British import isn't about Jack the Ripper's murderous activities, but the terror and hysteria he created looms large in London's East End, where Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen), Sgt. Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn) and American surgeon Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) use the developing science of forensics to solve all sorts of grisly crimes. Read my review of "Ripper Street."

Airs at 8 p.m. CT Saturdays on BBC America The British import isn't about Jack the Ripper's murderous activities, but the terror and hysteria he created looms large in London's East End, where Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen), Sgt. Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn) and American surgeon Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) use the developing science of forensics to solve all sorts of grisly crimes. Read my review of "Ripper Street." (BBC America)

When Fox's new thriller "The Following" debuts Monday, TV viewers will be introduced to another serial killer--make that several serial killers, really. Other than one-offs in procedural crime dramas such as "Law & Order" and "CSI," serial killers haven't been the focus of many TV dramas in the past. But lately they seem to be everywhere. Here are a few of the more notable serial killers currently on or coming soon to the small screen. Curt Wagner, RedEye's Show Patrol Want more? Discuss this article and others on Show Patrol's Facebook page.